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Roberts was born at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, and grew up in Salem, where she attended Salem High School. She became fascinated with acting while she was still a child and started performing in school productions and the community theater. Roberts graduated magna cum laude with degrees in theatre and English from Virginia Tech. Right after graduating from college, Roberts got her first role as Juliet in Shenandoah Shakespeare Express'Romeo & Juliet. Afterwards, she began performing in various theatrical productions, including Buried Child and Our Country's Good. While living in Wilmington, North Carolina, Roberts landed her first acting role on the screen, in Black Knight. Years later, she starred in her first TV role on Dawson's Creek and also in the film Remember the Daze. In 2006, Roberts moved to Los Angeles, California, and began appearing on TV shows like Southland, Criminal Minds, Bones, Heroes, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, House, Days of Our Lives, and Medium.